Computer Graphics & Architecture
Barb Cutler
Toy Story [ Pixar 1995 ]
First fully computer-generated full-length feature film
Motivation
• Effects of time
• Material properties
• Internal structure
• Artistic control
Tetrahedral mesh(volume)
Triangle mesh(surface only)
Eiffel TowerGustave Eiffel
Salginatobel Bridge Robert Maillart
gas station on the Bern-Zurich Highway
Heinz Isler
Colonia GuellAntonio Gaudi
IL (ILEK) Das Modelreconstructed Gaudi model
University of Stuttgart
Improving Structural Form
Kresge Auditorium, MIT Eero Saarinen
1/8 of a sphere (but NOT structurally efficient)
Improving Structural Form
Desired Shape Compression Compression & Tension
Original Shape
Efficient Form (using tension & compression)
Daylighting Design
Image from Henrik Wann Jensen
Traditional Ray Tracing
Image from Henrik Wann Jensen
Global Illumination
standard opening splayed opening
Skylight Shape
This Old House Magazine, June 2005
standard opening splayed opening
Skylight Shape
Skylight Material
matte white paint reflective metal
Fall 06: Daylighting Design Tools
• Interdisciplinary Workshop w/ Professor Dan Glaser (HCI)
• Computer graphics, architectural design, user studies, communication, etc.
Spring 07: Advanced Computer Graphics
• advanced ray tracing: global illumination, photon mapping, subsurface scattering
• mesh generation and simplification
• subdivision surfaces• appearance models
• volumetric modeling• procedural modeling• weathering• simulation: particle
systems, FEM, cloth• texture synthesis • & more …